Apple Mac OS X 10.8.5/10.9/10.9.1 CoreAnimation Image memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.8.5/10.9/10.9.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component CoreAnimation. The manipulation as part of Image leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-1258. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.8.5/10.9/10.9.1 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component CoreAnimation. The manipulation as part of a Image leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in CoreAnimation in Apple OS X before 10.9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted image.

The weakness was shared 02/25/2014 by Karl Smith with NCC Group as HT6150 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-1258 since 01/08/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72687 (Mac OS X 10.9.x < 10.9.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121815 (Apple Mac OS X v10.9.2 and Security Update 2014-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2014-02-25-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.9.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at support.apple.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

This issue was addressed through improved bounds checking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91406), Tenable (72687), SecurityFocus (BID 65777†), Secunia (SA54960†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43694†). grahamcluley.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-10324, VDB-10922, VDB-10909 and VDB-10897 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 72687
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.9.x < 10.9.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT6150
Researcher: Karl Smith
Organization: NCC Group
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CVE: CVE-2014-1258 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1258
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12419

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X-Force: 91406 - Apple Mac OS X CoreAnimation buffer overflow, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 65777 - Apple Mac OS X APPLE-SA-2014-02-25-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 54960 - Apple OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 43694 - Apple OS X 10.8.5, 10.9, 10.9.1 Remote Code Execution and DoS in CoreAnimation, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 02/28/2014 09:39
Updated: 04/12/2025 16:42
Changes: 02/28/2014 09:39 (87), 05/23/2017 09:08 (2), 06/09/2021 21:57 (3), 04/12/2025 16:42 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:701:103

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